Garment-holder.



No. 685,935; Patented Nov. 5, 190|. J. n. oBmEN.

GARMENT HOLDER.

(Application med Nov. 15, 1900.5

MW www@ NrrED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN D. OBRIEN, OF BOSTON, MASSAOHUSETTS.

GARMENT-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 685,935, dated lNovember 5, 1901.

Application filed November 15, 1900. Serial No. 36.605. (No modeld T 0 /ZZ whom t may concern:

Beit kn own that I, JOHN D. OBRIEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Garment- I-Iolders, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object the production of a novel garment-holder of the class adapted more especially to be used in connection With stocking-supporters, the object of the invention being the production of a holder which may embrace a stud or button overlaid with fabric,which may be a stocking, and afford a non-metallic interior in contact with the fabric, such a holder insuring a sure and efficient grip which will not slip under any strain;

In accordance with my invention my irnproved holder is composed of a body of nonmetallic elastic material, preferably indiarubber, shaped to present at one end a contracted throat, into Which the button or device of the cooperating half of the holder may enter to crowd the fabric into said contracted throat, said body having a suitable exterior flange which is embraced, preferably, with a metallic binding.

Figure 1 of the drawings shows 011e ot' my improved holders, it having connected with it a tape, forming partof vthe stocking-supporter. Fig. 2 is a like View with the button forming a coacting part of the holder in operative position, the fabric which the holder would engage when the parts are in such position being omit-ted. Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on the line, Fig. 1. shows the body separate from the holder.

In the production of my improved holder Iform an elastic body c, which may be of india-rubber suitably vulcanized or maybe felt. This body has an enlarged opening a', which is contracted at one end, as at c2, to form a fabric-receiving throat; Viewing Fig. 3, the body has at its inner edge a flange a3, said iange extending, as represented, in opposite directions from the main outer portion of the body. The main outer portion of the body is embraced by a suitable metallic binding, as b, said binding maintaining the Fig. 4@

' elastic body in the desired shape and insuring that the contracted throat lnay receive in it the shank of the button c, carried by a shank c', the button receiving over it in the usual manner the fabric to be held, said binding preventing the expansion of the body to such a degree as to fail to hold the fab The binding embraces the outer edge of the body firmly, the binding being sufficiently stiff to afford the necessary rigidity to the holder in the direction of its length. The broad inner edge of the elastic body yields somewhat to the action of the fabric overlying the button and by its width exerts a very considerable amount of friction, thereby insuring a firm engagementand secure holding of the material overlying the button.

This invention is not limited to the exact shape of the binding so long as the .latter coacts with and stiifens lthe outer edge of the body.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

l. In a garment-holder comprising a body of elastic material shaped to present an enlarged portion and a contracted portion leading from said enlarged portion, the said elastic body presenting a thickened inner edge in the contracted portion to engage the articleto be supported and havinga relativelynarrow outer edge, and a metallic binding clamped to the said narrow outer edge of the elastic body portion, the thicker inner edge of the elastic body projecting beyond the edges of the metal binding.

2. A garment-holder comprising a body of elastic material shaped to present an enlarged portion for engagement with a support-ingtape and acontracted portion opposite the enlarged portion, the said elastic body presenting an inner edge thicker than the main part of the elastic body portion for engaging the article to be supported, and a IOO a throat and a metal binding secured `to the ln testimony whereof I have signed my exterior of said body, the said elastic body name to this specification in the presence of being provided with anges on its inner edge two subscribing Witnesses.

to presenta increased bearing-surface for the JOHN D. OBRIEN. 5 object to be supported, the said flanges ofi Vitnesses: Y

the elastic body projecting; beyond the met-al GEO. W. GREGORY,

binding on each side of the holder. EDITH M. STODDARD. 

